Germany’s aluminium scrap exports rebound 4.58% in H1 2026: Which countries are buying the most?
Germany’s aluminium scrap trade showed signs of recovery in the first half of 2026, with exports to the world reaching 616,000 tonnes, up 4.58 per cent from 589,000 tonnes in H1 2025. The increase was even more pronounced against the second half of 2025, with H1 2026 shipments rising 7.50 per cent...
Canada’s H1’26 aluminium exports dip 12.57% amid US tariffs: What does H2 hold?
The first half (H1) of 2026 witnessed Canada’s exports of unwrought aluminium taking a deep plunge. The country supplied a total of 1.33 million tonnes of aluminium products to the world including unwrought aluminium, bars, rods and profiles, aluminium foil, pipes and tubes, plates, sheets and...
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Turkish manufacturer to produce aluminium frame for European bicycle industry
<p style="text-align: left;">A Turkish manufacturer of refrigerator is set to start aluminium frame production for electric bikes in Turkey. The recent reshoring initiative is focussed in helping companies to make their supply chain flexible in the European bicycle industry.</p> <p...
Skoda inaugurates its first aluminium press line in Mladá Boleslav
<p>Skoda has officially installed its new PXL II servo press line at its main plant in Mladá Boleslav, in the presence of Michael Oeljeklaus, Skoda Board Member for Production and Logistics, and Jaroslav Povšík, Chairman of the trade union KOVO MB. Skoda's first press line for...
Let us know your aluminium industry outlook for 2017
<p>We have just wrapped up 2016 and are preparing ourselves towards a productive 2017. The year has ended with a positive note for the industry as well as AlCircle. Since, we call ourselves the Virtual Aluminium Ecosystem, AlCircle’s growth story coincides with the growth of the...
Transport industry demand to drive aluminium plates, sheets and strips imports in the EU in 2017
<p>Rolled aluminium semi-finished products such as aluminium plates, sheets and strips can be used in many areas- automobile accessory and body element manufacturing being one of them. The high-strength, light-weight, durable, non-corrosive and highly-ductile material can be used to produce heat...
The global beverage cans market size to reach USD 60.92 billion by 2024
<p>According to a recently published market research report by Grand View Research Inc., the global beverage cans market size is expected to reach USD 60.92 billion by 2024. The growth is driven mostly by increasing demand for compact beverage packaging solutions worldwide.<br /><br />Over the...
Outlook 2017: What must aluminium rolling companies focus on to gain competitive advantage?
<p>Product differentiation, though key to earning higher margins, is difficult to achieve in the rolled aluminium product manufacturing sector. Despite discrete size rationalization, aluminium rolling companies often struggle to cope with the market competition while trying to bring in innovation...
Norway's aluminium alloy ingot exports to be valued at US$1.7 billion till July 2017
<p>Aluminium production forms the largest part of the metals industry, one of the key export industries in Norway. Norsk Hydro is the single most dominant player in the country’s aluminium sector. Headquartered in Oslo, Hydro operates the largest primary aluminium plant in Europe, in Sunndal....
Burgess Marines secures third party accreditation for CE Marking
<p>Burgess Marines, Britain’s largest independent ship repairer and marine engineering services has secured third party accreditation to CE Mark structural steel and aluminium fabrications after signing contract with design firm Houlder.<br /><br />It is compulsory to use CE Marking...
2016 Roundup: Aluminium in the Transportation Highlights
<p>Transport industry continues to stand aluminium’s demand in 2016. Transportation sector has been the major end use market for aluminium due to its lightweight, flexible, strong, and anti-corrosive properties. The aluminium industry develops and manufacture aluminium products for the...
Germany imports about 200 thousand tons of aluminium foil every year
<p>According to the Product Complexity Index (PCI), aluminium foil is the 275th most traded product and the 281st most complex product. Due to its versatility and multiple uses, aluminium foil turns out to become one of the most consumed aluminium products across the world. Since, aluminium foils...
New owners have major investment plans for Lochabar plant in Scottish Highlands
<p>On a further update on Lochabar aluminium smelter acquisition, Liberty House and SIMEC, the new owners of the smelter, are set to invest 120 million pounds ($149.76 million) in the project to make aluminium wheels for the car industry. <br /><br />“Liberty aims to protect the existing 170...
Reynaers says new Romanian homes feature premium aluminium joinery
<p>Reynaers Aluminium Romania, the local branch of an European company specialised in developing solutions in aluminium for windows, doors, curtain walls, sliding systems and sun screening for the construction sector, reports that 20% of newly homes in Romania are using premium aluminium...
EU ETS vote raises red flag for aluminium industry
<p>European Aluminium welcomes the European Parliament’s intention to improve compensation for indirect carbon costs through a hybrid model in today’s ETS vote. However, we regret the decision to further reduce the maximum national compensation levels allowed, since this will seriously...
Real Driving Emissions Forum to take place in Amsterdam on 19th-20th April, 2017
<p>BIS group s.r.o. announces Real Driving Emissions Forum taking place on 19th – 20th April 2017, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. <br /><br />The Forum will give the full update on the RDE legislation progress and its perspectives, providing industry developers with the road map for compliance....
KS HUAYU to expand its die casting aluminium capacity at Neckarsulm
<p>Neckarsulm-based KS HUAYU AluTech GmbH plans to invest in new die- casters and other equipment at the Neckarsulm location. Order influx for die castings in aluminium is such that KS HUAYU plans to expand its capacities. This castings specialist is venturing into new types of...
Arconic signs more than $450 million in long term agreements for Alcoa wheels
<p>Global technology, engineering and advanced manufacturing leader Arconic has signed more than $450 million in long term agreements over the past year with customers in North America , South America, Europe and Asia for its forged aluminum wheels. The largest is a long-term agreement with PACCAR,...
Russia’s Deripaska files lawsuit against Montenegro over lost aluminium investment
<p>Russian Tycoon Deripaska is looking around for hundreds of millions of euros from the state of Montenegro, as he has been striving for compensation for a lost investment in a failing aluminium plant.<br /><br />Deripaska's Central European Aluminium Company (CEAC) acquired 58.7 % stake in 2005...
Aluminium innovation in the world of Maps
<p>Nicholas Crane, the author of a biography on the famous 16th-century Flemish cartographer Gerard Mercator, once wrote: "maps codify the miracle of existence." In the new era, some of the most creative new maps being produced use aluminium as a key component in making miniature world.<br /><br...
